We too went through the brush to get pictures on motorcycles and take a few laps. It was also the last NASCAR national touring series season to feature a dirt track race until the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the last time the Cup series raced on dirt until the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series. Later that season, Bobby Isaac shattered Pettys lap record after recording a 98.148 mile-per-hour lap. He won the 100-mile event in his 1966 . Thornton says they may hold a special event to commemorate it. Centerville is situated 3 miles south of Antebellum North. [1] He beat pole-sitter Pearson by 4 seconds and they were the only two cars on the lead lap. Second Atlanta International Pop Festival Historical Marker Nine times between 1966 and 1971, the premier series raced at Middle Georgia Raceway in the town of Macon. Please Don't invite people just to invite people. It may need General admission booths, and fencing to the grandstands. Anyone who can come up with about $1.2 million can be the owner of a local race track with a long and colorful history. Middle Georgia Motorsports Park (Formerly Twiggs/Macon National Dragway Nine NASCAR Grand National Series races were held at the track between 1966 and 1971. As the song goes, :"I guess you had to be there. Ill definitely have to add this one to the list! From watching the It is zoned general commercial, and could be an industrial park or even a housing development, he said. {{Motorsport venue | Name = Middle Georgia Speedway | Nicknames = | Time = EST/EDT (-0500/-0400) | Location = 4015 US-41 Byron, Georgia United States | Coordinates = .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap} 32408.00N834245.93W / 32.6688889N 83.7127583W / 32.6688889; -83.7127583 Coordinates: 32408.00N834245.93W / 32.6688889N 83.7127583W / 32.6688889; -83.7127583 | Image = | Image_caption = | Capacity = | Owner = [[] | Operator = | Broke_ground = | Opened = 1966 [1] | Closed = c.1986 | Construction_cost= $500,000 | Architect = | Former_names = | Events = NASCAR | Layout1 = Oval | Surface = Paved [1] | Length_km = | Length_mi = .548 [1] | Miles_first = True | Turns = 4 | Banking = | Record_time = | Record_driver = | Record_team = | Record_year = | Record_class = }}, The Middle Georgia Raceway was a raceway located in Byron, Georgia, in the United States. The only working part of the still when it was raided was a barrel of mesh "cooking", (fermenting.) Sunshine and 70s are the name of the game this week, 'This could be you or your child' | Former Atlanta mayor asks gun owners to act responsibly after bullet enters nephew's room, Poison ivy is getting worse with climate change, Peach County's South Peach Park to get new entrance, 'Georgia Camera Ready' looking for filming sites in Peach County. Middle Georgia Raceway, once a full-blown NASCAR Grand National track where Richard Petty and other racing legends battled it out, is for sale. It was designed by Fireball Roberts. In 1967 federal agents discovered an elaborate underground moonshine still buried off turn three of the track.
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